Zelda Fan Favorite Tourney: A Link to the Past vs. Oracle of Ages

Welcome to Nintendo Enthusiast’s Zelda Fan Favorite Tourney! Here, your favorite Zelda titles will butt heads in a one-on-one battle to determine what game you, the fans, feel is the greatest one of all!

Today’s Matchup

Original release: November 21, 1991

Original release: February 27, 2001

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Oracle of Ages is the first Zelda I've finished... But that's maybe because I didn't own a N64 at the time and played ALTTP mostly on rented versions when I had a SNES.
Anyway, it adds a lot of great things to the game, so I think I'll go with Oracle of Ages ion this one.

A Link to the Past is the only Zelda that goes head to head with Ocarina of Time for the best Zelda ever made. Oracle of Ages knocking out A Link to the Past would discredit this whole Tournament thing.

WTF is going on in these Comments?
A Link to the Past is the only Zelda that goes head to head with Ocarina of Time for the best Zelda ever made. Oracle of Ages knocking out A Link to the Past would discredit this whole Tournament thing.

A Link to the Past. This is the game that reinvigorated the Zelda series after the change up of The Adventure of Link. The Oracle games borrow the style and game play of ALttP and one could say they wouldn't exist without it.

Guess I'll be the one guy voting for Oracle of Ages. I actually enjoyed it more than ALttP. Mostly because of the overworld map's grid system, but I also found the characters and plot more endearing (to be fair, the latter comes from an era where storytelling always took a backseat to gameplay, while the former is from a time when storytelling in Zelda started becoming more important). Also in part because of the massive overhype the latter carries.

Games like ALttP and Super Metroid are true classics and belong near the top of any greatest of all time lists, but I'm tired of everyone acting like no other games in their respective series can compare. If you're not coming in with nostalgia-blinders (like me), there are plenty of reasons to enjoy other games more.

A Link to the Past. This is the game that reinvigorated the Zelda series after the change up of The Adventure of Link. The Oracle games borrow the style and game play of ALttP and one could say they wouldn't exist without it.

Guess I'll be the one guy voting for Oracle of Ages. I actually enjoyed it more than ALttP. Mostly because of the overworld map's grid system, but also in part because of the massive overhype the latter carries.
Games like ALttP and Super Metroid are true classics and belong near the top of any greatest of all time lists, but I'm tired of everyone acting like no other games in their respective series can compare. If you're not coming in with nostalgia-blinders (like me), there are plenty of reasons to enjoy other games more.